Stress Determination in an Adhesive Bonded Joint by X-Ray Diffraction

1983 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 251-260 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Predecki ◽  
Charles S. Barrett

At the present time there is considerable interest in the use of adhesive bonded joints for structural applications. The design of such joints is based mostly on finite element calculations and failure tests rather than on strain or stress measurements. To our knowledge no measurements have been made of stresses at or near the adhesive/adherend interface (where many bond failures occur) because of difficulties with accessibility. The purpose of this work was therefore to try to make such measurements using X-ray diffraction.The approach taken was to gain access to the bond by making one of the adherends in a single lap joint to be relatively transparent to X-rays and the cither relatively opaque. Incident X-rays then penetrated the first adherend and the adhesive and were diffracted from gains in the second adherend adjacent to the adhesive/adherend interface. Stresses resulting from curing of the adhesive were determined first, after which a load was applied and the stresses redetermined.

1985 ◽  
Vol 29 ◽  
pp. 57-62
Author(s):  
A. Lankford ◽  
C. S. Barrett ◽  
Paul Predecki

XRD has been found to be a useful technique for investigating both surface and interior stresses in. adhesive bonded joints. For the interior stresses, to gain access to the joint interface, adherends were chosen such that one adherend was relatively transparent to the X-radiation used and the other was not. Incident X-rays then penetrated the first adherend and the adhesive, and were diffracted from just below the surface of the second adherend.In prior work it was shown that the measured stresses due to an applied load agreed quite well with stresses calculated for the same joint using the TEXGAP-2D finite element program, except at one extremity of the bond. One explanation proposed for the discrepancy was that a small debond was present at this extremity. In the present study, therefore, an investigation was made of a joint contfli'nitig an intentional debond at this extremity.


1980 ◽  
Vol 24 ◽  
pp. 231-238 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charles S. Barrett ◽  
Paul Predecki

AbstractX-ray diffraction is found effective in disclosing the distribution of stresses over the surface of adhesively bonded lap joints when loads well below the yield point are applied. When a pair of 6061-T6 aluminum strips 1/16” or 1/32” thick and 3/4” wide is adhesively bonded in a single lap joint and loaded in tension, maps giving the distribution of the X-ray-measured stresses show the limits of the bonded area with an accuracy about equal to the width (1 mm) cf the irradiated area along the specimen. Attendant bending stresses resulting from the loading are also registered. Stress values can be obtained from the observed diffraction angles by calibration with tensile tests of a single unbonded strip. Similar results are obtained for graphite/epoxy laminates adhesively bonded in a single lap joint to aluminum when diffraction is from the aluminum, but a lower accuracy is obtained when diffraction is from the filled composite.Another X-ray method was developed for measuring applied (not pre-existing residual) stresses, and for mapping their distribution around a joint. A thin layer of epoxy paint containing a diffracting filler (say aluminum or silver powder) is applied to a specimen and cured. Diffraction from this paint yields shifts in diffraction angle approximately proportional to the magnitude of applied stresses. The limits of the bonded area in single lap joints under load are disclosed. Both methods appear, therefore, to be practicable for mapping the areas that are properly bonded, and presumably also for non-destructive evaluation of bond defects.


Author(s):  
W. Z. Chang ◽  
D. B. Wittry

Since Du Mond and Kirkpatrick first discussed the principle of a bent crystal spectrograph in 1930, curved single crystals have been widely utilized as spectrometric monochromators as well as diffractors for focusing x rays diverging from a point. Curved crystal diffraction theory predicts that the diffraction parameters - the rocking curve width w, and the peak reflection coefficient r of curved crystals will certainly deviate from those of their flat form. Due to a lack of curved crystal parameter data in current literature and the need for optimizing the choice of diffraction geometry and crystal materials for various applications, we have continued the investigation of our technique presented at the last conference. In the present abstract, we describe a more rigorous and quantitative procedure for measuring the parameters of curved crystals.The diffraction image of a singly bent crystal under study can be obtained by using the Johann geometry with an x-ray point source.


1998 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 967-968 ◽  
Author(s):  
Keiichi Hirano ◽  
Atsushi Momose

The phase shift of forward-diffracted X-rays by a perfect crystal is discussed on the basis of the dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction. By means of a triple Laue-case X-ray interferometer, the phase shift of forward-diffracted X-rays by a silicon crystal in the Bragg geometry was investigated.


Author(s):  
Matthew Wilding ◽  
Colin Scott ◽  
Thomas S. Peat ◽  
Janet Newman

The NAD-dependent malonate-semialdehyde dehydrogenase KES23460 fromPseudomonassp. strain AAC makes up half of a bicistronic operon responsible for β-alanine catabolism to produce acetyl-CoA. The KES23460 protein has been heterologously expressed, purified and used to generate crystals suitable for X-ray diffraction studies. The crystals belonged to space groupP212121and diffracted X-rays to beyond 3 Å resolution using the microfocus beamline of the Australian Synchrotron. The structure was solved using molecular replacement, with a monomer from PDB entry 4zz7 as the search model.


Crystals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (7) ◽  
pp. 273 ◽  
Author(s):  
José Brandão-Neto ◽  
Leonardo Bernasconi

Macromolecular crystallography at cryogenic temperatures has so far provided the majority of the experimental evidence that underpins the determination of the atomic structures of proteins and other biomolecular assemblies by means of single crystal X-ray diffraction experiments. One of the core limitations of the current methods is that crystal samples degrade as they are subject to X-rays, and two broad groups of effects are observed: global and specific damage. While the currently successful approach is to operate outside the range where global damage is observed, specific damage is not well understood and may lead to poor interpretation of the chemistry and biology of the system under study. In this work, we present a phenomenological model in which specific damage is understood as the result of a single process, the steady excitation of crystal electrons caused by X-ray absorption, which acts as a trigger for the bulk effects that manifest themselves in the form of global damage and obscure the interpretation of chemical information from XFEL and synchrotron structural research.


2007 ◽  
Vol 130 ◽  
pp. 7-14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andrew N. Fitch

The highly-collimated, intense X-rays produced by a synchrotron radiation source can be harnessed to build high-resolution powder diffraction instruments with a wide variety of applications. The general advantages of using synchrotron radiation for powder diffraction are discussed and illustrated with reference to the structural characterisation of crystalline materials, atomic PDF analysis, in-situ and high-throughput studies where the structure is evolving between successive scans, and the measurement of residual strain in engineering components.


Minerals ◽  
2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (8) ◽  
pp. 311 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carlotta Giacobbe ◽  
Jonathan Wright ◽  
Dario Di Giuseppe ◽  
Alessandro Zoboli ◽  
Mauro Zapparoli ◽  
...  

Nowadays, due to the adverse health effects associated with exposure to asbestos, its removal and thermal inertization has become one of the most promising ways for reducing waste risk management. Despite all the advances in structure analysis of fibers and characterization, some problems still remain that are very hard to solve. One challenge is the structure analysis of natural micro- and nano-crystalline samples, which do not form crystals large enough for single-crystal X-ray diffraction (SC-XRD), and their analysis is often hampered by reflection overlap and the coexistence of multiple fibres linked together. In this paper, we have used nano-focused synchrotron X-rays to refine the crystal structure of a micrometric tremolite fibres from Val d’Ala, Turin (Italy) after various heat treatment. The structure of the original fibre and after heating to 800 °C show minor differences, while the fibre that was heated at 1000 °C is recrystallized into pyroxene phases and cristobalite.


2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (6) ◽  
pp. 572-582
Author(s):  
Hsin-Yi Chen ◽  
Mau-Sen Chiu ◽  
Chia-Hung Chu ◽  
Shih-Lin Chang

An algorithm is developed based on the dynamical theory of X-ray diffraction for calculating the profiles of the diffracted beam,i.e.the diagrams of the intensity distributionversus2θ when a crystal is fixed at an angle of its maximum diffracted intensity. Similar to Fraunhofer (far-field) diffraction for a single-slit case, in the proposed algorithm the diffracted beam from one atomic layer excited by X-rays is described by the composition of (N+ 1) coherent point oscillators in the crystal. The amplitude and the initial phase of the electric field for each oscillator can be calculated based on the dynamical theory with given boundary conditions. This algorithm not only gives diffraction profiles but also provides the contribution of the excitation of modes when extremely asymmetric diffraction is involved in the diffraction process. Examples such as extremely asymmetric two-beam surface diffraction and three-beam surface diffraction are presented and discussed in detail.


2004 ◽  
Vol 37 (6) ◽  
pp. 901-910 ◽  
Author(s):  
C. Seitz ◽  
M. Weisser ◽  
M. Gomm ◽  
R. Hock ◽  
A. Magerl

A triple-axis diffractometer for high-energy X-ray diffraction is described. A 450 kV/4.5 kW stationary tungsten X-ray tube serves as the X-ray source. Normally, 220 reflections of thermally annealed Czochralski Si are employed for the monochromator and analyser. Their integrated reflectivity is about ten times higher than the ideal crystal value. With the same material as the sample, and working with the WKα line at 60 keV in symmetric Laue geometry for all axes, the full width at half-maximum (FWHM) values for the longitudinal and transversal resolution are 2.5 × 10−3and 1.1 × 10−4for ΔQ/Q, respectively, and the peak intensity for a non-dispersive setting is 3000 counts s−1. In particular, for a double-axis mode, an energy well above 100 keV from theBremsstrahlungspectrum can be used readily. High-energy X-rays are distinguished by a high penetration power and materials of several centimetre thickness can be analysed. The feasibility of performing experiments with massive sample environments is demonstrated.


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